Film Reviews

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
Video game adaptations are often considered the black sheep of cinema. Rarely met with any critical acclaim, the genre is generally butchered in reviews with although often finds favor with a cult audience.…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
James Franco is a divisive actor. Rarely will you meet someone indifferent to his acting, instead audiences either love him or hate him. I am very much in the former camp but the idea of him pitting himself…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
When a script is cast to development hell there’s a good chance that it’s never seeing the light of day. The writer is as well cutting all ties and moving on with his life, there’s plenty of more scripts in…

By Shane Nicholson
Managing Editor
Rogue One has given us, for the first time, two new Star Wars features in the cinema in back-to-back years. But most importantly, it’s given us all something back, something George Lucas gifted to us…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
The phenomenal response to Disney’s first Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, left many assured that the franchise was indeed in good hands. Although previous installments were released years apart, the…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
After the disappointment that was Bad Santa 2, Office Christmas Party looks to bring some laughs accompanied with the Christmas cheer. The initial trailer didn’t do much for me and I entered the cinema with…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
‘Tis the season once again and it’s time for all the old Christmas classics to be dusted off. While movies such as It’s A Wonderful Life and Die Hard will always have a place at this time of year, there’s…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
When a film series rakes in several billion dollars at the box office, it’s little wonder the film studio at the helm would be reluctant to let it end. The Harry Potter films were, of course, adapted from…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
Acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve returns with the sci-fi drama, Arrival. Written by Eric Heisser and adapted from Ted Chiang’s short story titled Story of Your Life, Arrival is a refreshing tale of first…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
Whereas it isn’t uncommon for a toy line to launch a film series, action figures such as Transformers come with a ready-made plot, board games not so much. Battleship was a mundane mess that shared a title…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
With the near monthly release of superhero movies, audiences could be forgiven for feeling some fatigue. As the juggernaut rolls through town collecting profitable box office returns the chances of the…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
The literary world loves a title that start with “The Girl…” and Hollywood is partial to adapting these. Paul Hawkins debut novel The Girl on the Train debuted at number one on the New York Times Fiction…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
Tim Burton’s output for the past decade has been pedestrian at best. With a familiar cast, themes and tone, the man who defined Batman for a generation had gotten lazy and his films suffered for it. Big…

By Thomas Simpson
Contributor
Disaster films of late tend to be soulless spectacles that throw our everyday man into a CGI-fueled catastrophe. The results are headache-inducing as our eyes struggle to make sense of the mess on screen as…